5.2.1. Comparison of Good transport performance by mode
	1995	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Transport of goods - total (in thous. tonnes)	699 208	548 978	523 249	546 501	577 406	551 507
Rail transport	108 871	90 734	98 253	97 218	92 005	93 293
Road transport	578 796	448 300	414 725	438 683	474 883	447 956
Inland waterway transport	4 441	1 890	1 906	1 910	1 686	1 276
Air transport	18	17	19	16	18	20
Oil pipeline transport	7 083	8 050	8 346	8 674	8 815	8 962
Transport performance - total (mill.tonnes-km)	57 549	56 416	58 955	59 532	63 208	64 800
Rail transport	22 623	16 713	17 496	16 882	15 810	15 862
Road transport	31 268	36 964	39 036	40 260	45 059	46 564
Inland waterway transport	1 348	915	773	700	589	512
Air transport	33	30	38	29	32	42
Oil pipeline transport	2 276	1 795	1 612	1 661	1 717	1 820
Average goods transport distance (km)	82,3	102,8	112,7	108,9	109,5	117,5
Rail transport	207,8	184,2	178,1	173,7	171,8	170,0
Road transport	54,0	82,5	94,1	91,8	94,9	103,9
Inland waterway transport	303,6	484,0	405,5	366,3	349,6	401,5
Air transport	1 906,0	1 747,0	1 994,0	1 816,6	1 766,3	2 093,6
Oil pipeline transport	321,3	223,0	193,1	191,5	194,8	203,1
				Source: MD's transport statistics